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Gerry Price The Look Company

What’s the ROI of Emerging In-Store Design Trends? A Look at What They Are and How They Create Value

It used to be that in-store retailers planned their store designs and displays primarily around major holidays or…

Executive Viewpoints February 5
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AI-Led Legacy Modernization for Retail and CPG: Transforming Applications and Data into an Intelligent Enterprise

It will not be too off the mark to say that retail and CPG organizations find themselves at…

Executive Viewpoints February 4
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When Bots Shop: Why Brands Should Stop Ignoring ChatGPT Commerce and Start Designing for it

As OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s commerce capabilities through partnerships with Shopify, Walmart and PayPal, a quiet transformation is underway.…

Executive Viewpoints February 3
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Behind the Scenes of Ecommerce: The Secret Data Battle

While huge companies like Alibaba and Amazon are in a constant competition to dominate consumer spending, the real…

Executive Viewpoints February 2
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The Great Consumer Divide: Why the Middle is Disappearing and Why Brands Should Fear it

Walk into any supermarket today and you can feel the shift. A basket of essentials costs the same…

Executive Viewpoints January 30
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How AI can Handle the 3 Biggest Gen Z Retail Trends that Shaped the 2025 Holiday Season

Gen Z is rewriting the rules of holiday shopping. Deloitte projected that Gen Z’s 2025 holiday spending would…

Executive Viewpoints January 29
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AI-Educated Shoppers Are Calling to Buy. Are Your Teams Ready to Convert Them?

While marketing leaders obsess over AI product discovery for back-to-school and holiday shoppers, they’re missing a $50,000 opportunity…

Executive Viewpoints January 28
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When Chatbots Make the Call, How Can Retailers Leverage Query-Based Commerce?

Today’s consumers don’t start shopping with a list; they start with a question. “What should I buy for…

Executive Viewpoints January 27
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How Smarter Restaurant Tech is Powering Loyalty even as Dining Frequency Declines

As we enter 2026, restaurants are raising prices to offset inflation-driven costs just as diners are spending less.…

Executive Viewpoints January 26
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